Respiratory Therapist, Glenna Muse post of the 2009 Official Thanksgiving Turkey Hat was my inspiration to find the many ways that people are helping NICU parents to give thanks. She knits out of love for these little babies and shares why she is Thankful this Thanksgiving.

Those babies and these hats make me joyous. It's that simple. Every time I hold a three pound baby and every time I plop one of my silly little hats onto one of those tiny little heads I see God in their eyes and for those moments I am a mountain of faith that the world is a wondrous place and we are blessed to be here, all connected as one big family on Earth.

On this Thanksgiving I am thankful for all of our little miracles and that I am so lucky to play a part, through respiratory therapy and by knitting hats, in their first days in this life.

I will be posting a blog next year about Glenna Muse's efforts on Knitting in the NICU.

A related article is on the Type-A Mom site under the NICU section of Mom Stages.

1 comment:

Thanks for including me! I am passionate about respiratory therapy in general and our mini-babies in particular. The hats are a small way I can help keep their awesome little noggins snug when I'm not on duty and who said hats have to be boring? The NICU is a celebration of life and, heh, it's their first holidays! We definitely have to celebrate THAT!

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